insane battering inside his body. Up until that point he’d only had the scent of her. That had already been fucking with him, but if it had just stayed away, he wouldn’t be so screwed. He closed his eyes. The moment his beast had learned she was in danger, it wouldn’t let go, wouldn’t let him stay away. Shit, it had been intense, a compulsion. He couldn’t help but go to her, touch her, hold her to his chest and feel her heartbeat. What the fuck was that? He’d never even spoken to her, but his beast didn’t seem to give a shit. It also hadn’t given a fuck that any of his brothers could have easily taken her out of there. He’d felt it snarling and itching to lash out at anyone that touched her.
After delivering her safely to Sirena, he’d barely been able to make his legs work to take him out of the healer’s office. He’d fucked up big. Touching her had made things so much worse. When all he’d had was the faint scent of her, it was bad enough. Now he knew how her skin felt. He’d felt her slight weight against him and dreamt of sinking deep inside her body. That touch had triggered a nightmare. His jaw was so tight his teeth ached from it, and he needed that bit of pain. He wasn’t keeping her. He fucking couldn’t.
His dick would soon rule him, no matter what he did. Jacking off wasn’t doing enough. He could get hard for another female, but his beast rebelled like nothing he could’ve imagined. Two nights ago he’d tried to fuck another. His brain hadn’t wanted it any more than his damned beast. It was a first for him and in no way normal for a Nereid. He’d managed to work through that bit of insanity and thought he’d finally get some relief. The human female had been on her knees ready and more than willing to suck him off, but his dick had been shot with intense pain the minute she put her hands on him. The jolt of electricity to his cock was enough to send him fleeing the place as if his dick was on fire, which was what it’d felt like.
“You need to talk to Sirena. She’s the only one that can come up with something.”
Dorian nodded, knowing Uri spoke the truth and hating it. It would be a fight with his sister. Going against a mating would be like sacrilege to her, and she was ruthless in her goal to find Immortals mates. She was going to be pissed as shit. That was why he’d been hoping Uri had the answers to his questions.
He took a deep pull from his beer and leaned back against the chair. The tension rolling off his brothers was intense. They wanted to fight him, he could tell. He was so fucking beyond hearing any of their shit. He absently banged his head against the wall a couple more times. His dick was hard and ready under his worn jeans. Ready for something that wasn’t going to happen. He’d spent hours swimming around his island and out to the furthest points in the sea. Steering clear of the humans’ shipping routes as he’d pushed his body.
Light flashed as the door to the bar opened again. He caught sight of Drake walking in, his seven-foot frame barely clearing it. They were all tall, but Drake wasn’t just tall, he was built like the dragon he was. His power fell off him in waves, and the humans instinctually cleared a path. It was time to come clean. Shit.
His brothers all got up to leave at once, each dropping down cash. They were leaving him to deal with Drake on his own. Conn shook his head and raised a pierced eyebrow. “Good call having him meet you in public. I doubt he’ll burn the place down when you tell him.”
He watched his brothers leave. Drake waved the waitress away and leaned against the wall. He wore a dark green tee stretched tightly over his muscled chest and shoulders, and worn jeans over his tree-trunk thighs. Half of his shoulder-length hair was pulled into a tail high on his head. Every female in the room stopped and stared when the seven-foot male walked in, and Dorian saw that the staring hadn’t stopped. He and his brothers